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I decided to go ahead and start building a scaled down Invictus while I wait for Davide to finalize his 'Supernova' plans! I decided on an 88% scaled down version. WHY 88%? I don't know exactly but I wanted something slightly larger than my SS85s but reduced enough to make a noticeable difference. Besides I88 just sounded kinda cool!

Will most likely be one of these with black, charcoal, grey, white, & probably red wingtips:

...I must have too much free time on my hands because after playing around a little more with different colors, I came up with these options to my original plans:

Red/White/Black is a great color combo but I already have several kites in that color combo.

After copying & pasting a several potential color combos on a blue sky backdrop, I made my FINAL decision on my Invictus 88 color scheme! Call me crazy but I decided on an Indian Invictus 88 build!

It may not be everyone's 'cup of tea' but I've mentioned before how much I liked a friend of mine's Indian NFX Extend in flight & I'm tired of being jeolous of how much better his kite looks in flight than mine!

Anyway ...thanks for those that gave their comments/opinions on the earlier choices I posted!

After copying & pasting a several potential color combos on a blue sky backdrop, I made my FINAL decision on my Invictus 88 color scheme! Call me crazy but I decided on an Indian Invictus 88 build!

It may not be everyone's 'cup of tea' but I've mentioned before how much I liked a friend of mine's Indian NFX Extend in flight & I'm tired of being jeolous of how much better his kite looks in flight than mine!

Anyway ...thanks for those that gave their comments/opinions on the earlier choices I posted!

I like the Indian NFX Extend color scheme also. Don't feel as if you need to explain why you like something. It's your kite.. your materials.. do as you see fit. What I will say about the Indian color scheme is that it works very well with the NFX because the sail pattern almost mimics fall season Indian Corn in my opinion. It's like peppered colors. The multitude of smaller cross paneled sections seems to make the colors pop and work better together IMHO. The Invictus pattern seems to work better than say the Sixth Sense. I think the more complex a sail pattern the better contrasting colors seem to work. I'd even suggest modifying the sail to break up some of the longer runs of fabric. Possibly checker some of the yellow and red areas with contrasting colors. Just a thought but either way it will be nice to see an I88 when it's done!

Thanks Lou! I agree with your 'analysis' about the 'Indian' colors as they relate to the panel layout! I'm also in agreement that those colors work better on the Invictus panel layout as compared to the SS ...however I did like how the SS85 turned out in the Indian colors!

If I may i would like to give You a little hint from my invictus75 experience. - Leave a spare inch while cutting down LE spar - because it may be too short to tension the sail propperly- try with little bit longer LS at the beginning - this little diference gave me more lift and less oversteer.

Thanks John! I'm hoping it will fly every bit as good as it looks! Based on my experience with the full sized Invictus ...the full sized 6th Sense & the subsequent SS85 builds, I feel reasonably sure I won't be disappointed in the least!

I've already had the 88% full pattern pdf printed @ Kinkos and plan on starting the project tomorrow!

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